"It'll be fine!" Velia declared, "If they lock onto us or start shooting we'll just fly back."

She glanced between John and the others in the crew, "I think it's worth the risk anyway.  We're not desperate for food right now, but I don't know when we'll next find a habitable planet and I'd rather have some spare supplies aboard."

She looked between them again, inwardly thinking they probably needed to agree on a leadership structure, "So who's in for a trip to the surface?" she proposed.